Hard disk drive
hideA hard disk drive (often shortened as "hard disk", "hard drive", or "HDD"), is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. Strictly speaking, "drive" refers to a device distinct from its medium, such as a tape drive and its tape, or a floppy disk drive and its floppy disk. Early HDDs had removable media; however, an HDD today is typically a sealed unit (except for a filtered vent hole to equalize air pressure) with fixed media.
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News tagged with hard drive
Dell Introduces New Ultra-Mini 12-Inch Netbook/Notebook
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The race for lean and mean has a new entry. Dell introduced the Inspiron Mini 12 in Japan with some fanfare and a whole lot of interesting features. Dell's Senior Product Manager John New ...
Getting files from a failed hard drive
Sep 18, 2009 |
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A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.
Keep on spinning: A persistent spin state that could revolutionize spintronics
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By controlling the collective spin state of highly mobile electrons in semiconductors, researchers in the Materials Sciences Division (MSD) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley ...
This hard drive is hardened to disasters
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Anyone who has been reading my column or listening to my radio talk show "Computer America" knows I have been preaching the back-up mantra for years. If I ever decide to have a bumper sticker on my car, it will read: "It's ...
Review: Windows 7 strong, but don't pay to upgrade
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Next week, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7, a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista.
It's the year of the terabyte
Apr 01, 2009 |
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I remember my first hard drive. Back then, getting a hard drive for your computer was tantamount to a rite of passage. It meant that you no longer had to struggle inserting floppy discs with their limited capacities and ...
Be cautious upgrading to Windows 7
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Before you buy a copy of Windows 7, you'd do well to check whether your computer -- and you -- are ready for the upgrade.
Time to clean up your digital closet
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Let's jump ahead 50 years. Imagine your grandchildren are rummaging around in your attic, looking through old boxes and trunks. They discover laptops, hard drives wrapped in cloth, DVDs, and maybe even a real antique: A ...
Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Hitachi today announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional ...
Behind the scenes with Windows 7
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people ...
Apple unveils new features for desktop, laptop models
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Apple on Tuesday updated its consumer desktop and laptop lines, one day after announcing record quarterly computer sales.
Help! How to avoid fast-moving computer worm
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Since early January, a worm that has been referred to by several names, including "Downadup," "Kido" and "Conficker," has been infecting millions of computers around the world. The worm exploits a previously discovered vulnerability ...
Hitachi Delivers New Power-Efficient Terabyte Hard Drive
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Hitachi Global Storage has announced today the Deskstar 7K1000.B, the world’s most energy-efficient 7,200 RPM one terabyte (1TB) hard drive.
Apple telegraphs iPods; fans see Beatles, tablets
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Once again, it's time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' cup and try to read the tea leaves.
Samsung Launches 1.5 Terabyte 'EcoGreen' F2EG Hard Disk Drive
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics today announced its new EcoGreen F2EG hard disk that delivers a massive 1.5TB of capacity with 500GB per disk. With increased recording density and reduced number of disks, the EcoGreen F2 drive is more ...
